Keep building, no matter what: coffee w/ Eric Nakagawa & Miki Hardisty

I joined Miki Hardisty and Eric Nakagawa for coffee at Sightglass coffee in San Francisco yesterday. 

What's happening: As CEO and co-founder of Olelo Intelligence, Miki is in town from Honolulu for Blue Startups’ Demo Day trip to San Francisco. I thought connecting her and Eric Nakagawa (CEO and co-founder, Self Labs) would be a good idea.

My Takeaways:

• "If you stay curious, you can catch and ride all kinds of waves." Eric Nakagawa on life in San Francisco
• Miki Hardisty lived away from Hawaii for 30 years, including as CTO of Jack in the Box corporate HQ in San Diego.
• "Keep building, no matter what." Eric on what he's seen successful founders in Silicon Valley have in common
• Miki grew up in Kailua, Eric grew up in public housing in Halawa.
• Olelo Intelligence is AI for automotive companies. 
• Miki found her experience at Blue Startups (cohort 17) very helpful.
• "I don't fit a pattern most people expect." Miki has a Mechanical Engineering degree from University of Washington and a Masters of Advanced Study, Data Science, and Engineering from UC San Diego.
  
  

See also: Eric Nakagawa: Win or lose

Enjoy the pics!

Miki Hardisty with her new spam musubi Pausox

Loading up Eric Nakagawa with five pairs of Pausox for his family

"Who you know matters the most." Eric on fundraising in Silicon Valley.

Three Hawaiians having coffee in SoMa, SF